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death (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin:]
a) [U] the end of the life of a person or animal
-opposite birth birth death of
::The death of his mother came as a tremendous shock.
::Cancer is the leading cause of death in women.
::How Danielle met her death (=died) will probably never be known.
::His friend was close to death .
::His family are still mourning John's tragic death .
::the anniversary of Lenin's death
bleed/burn/starve etc to death
::a homeless man who froze to death
beat/stab/shoot etc sb to death
::The 76-year-old pensioner was beaten to death.
put/sentence/condemn sb to death
(=kill someone or decide they should be killed as an official punishment)
::Legend has it that Sarah was put to death for practising witchcraft.
::Members of the family have received death threats .
::He remained president until his untimely death (=death at a surprisingly young age ) in 1917.
::Two of the passengers managed to escape death (=avoid being killed) .
b) [C] a particular case when someone dies
-opposite birth birth
::a campaign to reduce the number of traffic deaths
death from
::deaths from cancer
::I heard there'd been a death in the family .
the death of sth
the permanent end of something
-opposite birth birth
::The latest bombing is the death of all our hopes.
::These regulations could spell the death (=lead to the end) of the American car industry.
to death
informal a) used to emphasize that a feeling or emotion is very strong
be bored/scared/frightened etc to death
::She was scared to death of what might happen next.
::I'm absolutely sick to death of it (=very angry, bored, or unhappy about something) .
bore/scare/love etc sb to death
::He drove at a speed which frightened Leonora to death.
::She used to worry me to death.
b) used to say that an action is continued with a lot of effort and for as long as possible
::They just work you to death in that place.
do sth to death
informal to perform or present an idea, joke etc so often that people become tired of it
::Most of his material has been done to death by numerous comedians.
to the death
a) until someone is dead
::They will fight to the death rather than give an inch of ground.
::soldiers locked in a bitter struggle to the death
b) until you achieve something even if it means that you suffer
::The leadership election has become a fight to the death.
Death
a creature that looks like a human skeleton, used in paintings, stories etc to represent the fact that people die
be at death's door
to be very ill and likely to die
look/feel like death warmed up
BrE look/feel like death warmed over AmE informal to look or feel very ill or tired
you'll catch your death (of cold)
spoken old-fashioned used to warn someone that they are likely to become ill because they are wet or cold
sb will be the death of me
spoken old-fashioned used to say that someone is causing you a lot of worry and problems
::That boy will be the death of me!
-see also Black Death , kiss of death at kiss 2 (3), life and death at life (10)